Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62H—CYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES
  • B62H3/00—Separate supports or holders for parking or storing cycles
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
  • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
  • E04H6/005—Garages for vehicles on two wheels
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
  • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
  • G07F17/10—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for means for safe-keeping of property, left temporarily, e.g. by fastening the property

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a container for cycles such as bicycles, mopeds, motorized two-wheeled vehicles and the like, of the type intended to be grouped and arranged to define a protected parking and storage area for said cycles.
• the current devices do not make it possible to know the contents of the garage, for example to identify objects not pertaining to normal storage in said garage enclosures. They also do not take into account the channeling of the effects of a possible explosion. occurring inside the enclosure
• the present invention therefore intends to remedy these drawbacks by proposing a new urban cycle garage device, making it possible to detect the occupation of a garage.
• Yet another goal is the identification of the cycle present inside the enclosure. According to another objective, the device allows easier introduction or extraction of the cycle
• the device which is the subject of the present invention is therefore a container for cycles consisting of a closed enclosure comprising a bottom, side walls and a roof, closed by a transverse wall at one end and by a movable part at the other end, characterized in that it comprises means for detecting an occupation of the enclosure by a cycle and cf means for identifying the cycle contained in the enclosure
• the device comprises means for channeling the forces of a possible deflagration internal to the enclosure.
• the device comprises a cycle carrier plate mu substantially in the longitudinal axis of the garage by the action of the door.
• Figure 2 is a side view of the device Figure 3 shows a top view of the cycle garage
• Figures 4A, 4B, 4C detail the movement of the cycle carrier tray when opening the garage door Figures 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D provide a better understanding of the operation of the garage content detection system
• FIGS. 6A and 6B show the position of the detection means such as strain gauges or pressure sensors on the content detection device of the garage
• FIG. 7 shows the electrical and information exchange logic between the subsystems and the control system
• Figure 8 shows a bicycle attached by an electronic key security system
• Figures 9A, 9B and 9C show an electronic key in two parts and the mounting of each element on the one hand on the cycle to be protected and on the other hand at the end of a security cable
• the cycle garage device mainly consists of a polyhedral container comprising six main faces, five of which are fixed and mechanically integral two side faces (1, 2) substantially vertical, a bottom ( 3) also substantially vertical, a floor (4) intended to be placed on the ground, a ceiling (5)
• the locker formed by these faces is closed by a door (6) articulated around an axis of rotation (8)
• the side faces (1, 2) of the container are converging towards the rear, since the cycles to be accommodated are narrower at the rear and wider at the front, where the handlebars are placed.
• a typical angle of 18 ° is used
• the ceiling (5) is tilted slightly backwards, by an angle of 5 ° for example
• the container is made of polyester in a manner known to those skilled in the art, for example mold according to the shape of the panels to be produced.
• the container is of a size suitable for holding a cycle such as a bicycle or scooter, with a length of 2.1 m, a width on the front face of 90 cm, and a ceiling height of 1.4 m A polyester thickness of a few millimeters is necessary for sufficient mechanical resistance of the device with respect to the mechanical stresses support
• the container On its upper part (5), the container has reduced thickness lines of fiberglass, for example in the form of star segments, each segment being 20 cm long, whose function is to serve as a point minimum resistance and therefore a preferential breaking point in the event of an internal explosion in the container when it is closed.
• the channeling of the blast effects upwards makes it possible to reduce the risks for passers-by
• the containers have fixing points on their lateral faces allowing them to be attached to each other either side by side with openings oriented in the same direction, or head to tail, according to a conventional implementation.
• a movable plate (12) forming a cycle support platform is mounted on a system of slides not shown HERE but of the form and embodiment known to those skilled in the art. art, said system of slides being mounted on the floor (4) of the container
• the movable plate (12) is moved in longitudinal displacement towards the outside of the container by means of a metal frame forming a lever based on tubes of square section, said frame being substantially of triangular shape, with one of its sides attached. at the door, and another side with a sliding point under the tray (12)
• Figures 4A, 4B and 4C which detail the respective kinematics of the tray and the frame when the door is opened , and from the extraction of the cycle carrier plate
• the plate has a lowered central part with respect to the lateral edges, to guide the scooter and ensure its storage coaxially with the cycle container
• the configuration of the system allows, for a constant speed of rotation of the door, caused by the user, to have a low horizontal movement speed of the plate at start-up and a stopping the opening
• the movable plate (12) is removable to be able to transform a scooter garage into a bicycle garage very simply
• the door incorporates a closing control system by the insertion of a known type of payment and / or identification means, such as a magnetic card reader (20), this being dedicated to the cycle garage or general to any conventional credit card
• a known type of payment and / or identification means such as a magnetic card reader (20)
• the card reader can include an interface keyboard (34) allowing to enter a code or to make a choice by menu in response to a question from the system
• the payment system can incorporate a counter (21) coin type known
• the control system is incorporated to the thickness of the door, with the interface elements (9) with the user placed on the front face
• the control system controls an electric lock (22) of the type door known
• the door can finally include in its thickness an electrical power supply (23) adapted to the needs of container control, lock and security systems, as well as a control system (24, 25) for security devices
• the electrical power supply may include a battery (26) connected to solar panels (7) mounted on the upper face of the cycle container. This grouping of members which may require regular maintenance in the door of the device facilitates maintenance.
• the control system for the security devices is produced in the form of an electronic or microcomputer device of known form, comprising a conventional microcomputer type card (24) and a memory (31) on which software is recorded. (25) This receives information from several strain sensors (27), detection means such as strain gauges or pressure or temperature sensors (28) and door closing (29), and pilot for example by software the display of information on an external display (30) placed in view of the user, or the implementation of safety devices such as a fan (33) for evacuating petrol vapors by case of high temperature in the container
• the control system is adapted to record on a memory (31) possibly identical to the memory containing the software, information relating to the operation of the cycle container, tell es that hours of occupation of the device, means of payment used, history of operating incidents, etc.
• the control system (24) is possibly connected to a modem (3) or a radio link incorporated essentially into the container so as to alert a remote monitoring system of a need for maintenance or operating incident, or incorrect use, or even attempted break-ins identified by the
• the control software includes means of reducing the electrical consumption of the assembly by putting the display and the detectors to standby between periods of use, as well as by intermittent operation of the detectors
• FIGS. 5A to 5D provide a better understanding of the shape detection device incorporated in the cycle container.
• the support of a bicycle consists of a metal sheet.
• This sheet has a thickness sufficient to withstand shock and residual deformation It can be dismantled so that it can be replaced by a sliding plate in the case of use for a scooter type cycle.
• the fact of placing a heavy element on this sheet causes the appearance of deformations of said sheet
• Mechanical characteristics sheet metal, in particular thickness and fixing are studied so that all the deformations remain in the elastic and reversible range of the materials used in the range of cycle weights envisaged
• the sheet metal folding angles are defined on the one hand to be sure that the bicycle rests well in the central groove, on the other hand to increase the difference in deformation between acceptable products (bicycle) and rejectable products (bottle of gas for example or other object not in accordance with the intended use of the container)
• the recognition of the products placed on the support sheet is based on the measurement of the deformations of the sheet at different characteristic points, and the comparison of these values with those obtained for acceptable types of two-wheeled racing bike, bicycle, scooter
• strain gauges force sensors or any other equivalent system such as pressure sensors
• the axial part of the sheet will lower significantly and related to the weight of the cycle placed If the stored product does not rest in the groove, as shown for example in FIG. 5B, but on the inclined surfaces, said surfaces will curve and the axial part of the sheet will lower less than for a place weight in the central groove, or even get up
• two strain gauges such as conventional strain gauges or force sensors are placed on the axis of the groove (one at the front and one at the rear) to measure the deformation with respect to the whole sheet
• This device also comprises at least two groups of sensors of the same type as those used for the axial sensors
• the load of the sheet is axial, which is almost the case for a bicycle in its groove
• the deformations of the right and left lateral sensors will be substantially identical
• the load of the sheet is asymmetrical (case of the Figure 5D)
• the deformations measured by the right and left sensors will be different
• the set of side gauges allows precise measurement of the total weight inside the cycle container, and therefore to detect an abnormal overload or the presence of a bicycle with the interior
• an order not to close the electric lock may be ordered, or possibly the triggering of an alert, for example by means of the modem (32) and / or a radio link and / or a local horn
• the information received from the sensors is processed by the control system (24) with a conventional processing algorithm included in the control software (25)
• FIG. 8 to 9C Another system of resistance to theft of the system is constituted by an electronic key, shown in Figures 8 to 9C
• the system consists of several elements first a connecting cable (40), attached to the door at a point (41 ) located at the top opposite the door hinges
• the second element is a reel, not shown in the figures, and which allows the cable to be retracted when not in use
• the cable and the reel are made of material and put in classic work
• a bracelet (43) including a lock (44) with electronic chip (45) is mounted on the cycle to be protected, difficult to violate such as by welding
• An electronic reader known to those skilled in the art cable makes it possible to read the information on the cycle chip When the security device is put in place, the electronic key connected to the cable pivots and locks in the chip lock
• the electronic key device allows two objectives to be achieved.
• the first is to leave the cycle integral with the cycle container in the event of opening not controlled by the user, whether for cleaning reasons. internal, maintenance or verification
• the system makes it possible to recognize which cycle is contained in the cycle garage, for example in the case of bicycle rental, subscription or management of theft problems
• a conventional security cable system can replace the electronic key, with mechanical key security
• the device While keeping the cycle, the device checks the information received from the sensors at regular intervals for a short period of time and analyzes the continuous presence of the cycle, as well as any vibrations of the container and the temperature inside the container.
• high temperature for example more than 40 C in the container
• the fan is started and kept running as long as the temperature does not drop below a satisfactory temperature, for example 30

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